White Oak Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS SAWING A TIMBER WHEN THE SAW SLIP AND CUT HIS HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB & FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
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June 3, 1983
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
White Oak Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object
SCOT WAS BEHIND A LINE CURTAIN TAKING IT DOWN BACK ABOUT 200 FT FROM FACE IN NO 6 HEADING THE SCOOP WAS PULLING COAL AND RAN INTO SCOT BEHIND CURTAIN SCOOP HIT HIS LEGS
White Oak Coal Company · Struck by falling object
A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER
March 31, 1983
VA · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
White Oak Coal Company · Struck by falling object
CARL WAS CLEANING OUT BOTTOM DRILL-HOLES. A LUMP OF COAL FELL OUT ABOVE WHERE THE CUTTING MACHINE HAD CUT. IT HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND THUMB. IT JUST MASHED IT NO BONES WERE BROKEN.
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